New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-19
ssS. KATE L. 1BRRY'S LIBEL SUIT.
ACTION BEGUN AGAINST Mr.. PULITZER

arATEMrNTs THAT ARE OBJECTED TO in THE STORY
PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD.
mrs Kase l.. Terry, about whom go much has been
ssoently published as the heress In part to the $780,
GOO coo left by her husband, Juan Pedro Terry the
rich coffee and sugar planter and Spectator o. Cuba
began proceedings yesterday In suit in the Supreme
Court against Joseph Pulitzer editor and proprietor
of The World" tor 100000 damages for alleged
Mel. The summons and the complaint were served
upon Mr.. Pulitzer yesterday afternoon at 1.-THE
world Office by Abraham L. Fromme. brother of
Jacob Fromme who with Chsuncey Shafer will act as
Mr.. Terrys attorney. The action is based on an
article published in I" The World on December IL,
1885,
The story purported to outline Mrs. Terrys career,
and was accompanied BY picture Of which the com
plant SAYS: "Ihere is contained In SAID libel an
xSSs ars the words Mrs Kate Louise Terry the said
plaintiff meaning From recent Photograph there
by holding her up to obloquy and noorcty and there
by attempting TO make OF ner public character whom
al good aud worthy people should know OF and
avoid" Among the many declarations and references
which the plaintiff declares are false. malcOusly com
posed deamatory and likely to bring her into public
scandal, infamy and disgrace, are statements that
1t is only few years back that her wages Of sin
were bat enough to keep her from day to day that
she was the companion OF burglars and thieves and
fed from her burglar husband on the discovery THAT
he bigamist and that his real wife and children
were about to drive her from him that she was
barmaid at low Liverpool taproom ". and that her
lie had brought her into constant comm uncatou with
criminals"
The complaint also objects to tho story Of how Kate
Louise Flynn, daughter Of the plaintiff keeper of
burglars resort In Liverpool was married to Charles
Bullard the escaped robber of the Boylston Bank in
Boston how she and Billiard started buffet in Paris.
where crooked" characters gathered and where an
Englishman robbed Of diamonds worth $50. 900;
and how later she consorted with gang OF counter
feters the United States, and when they were ar
rested she escaped by turning States evidence.
Charges of libel also found in the account given of
the plaintiffs marriage TO Juan Terry in March. 1881;
IN the statement that she quarrelled and fought with
Mr. Terry and once threw him through a window into
an area in the story that she kept gam bling
rooms at No. 81 West Twenty -seventh-st.; In the
allegations that che dressed improperly in public,
drove wildly through the streets, and once when
turning from the Cerce de PHarmone ball at O'clock
in the morning got out OF her carriage mounted the
box drive and dashed the horses to escape from
officer whom she cut with her whip.
Mrs. Terry arrived I'm New-York from Paris soon
after the publication of the alleged false story bring
ing with her the child only few weeks old, which
was born after Mr. Terrys death. Mrs. Terry has in
Der right portion amounting to nearly three
millions and will enjoy the income of the rest of the
property until the child is OF age Should the baby
die the estate will all go to Mrs. Terry. She living
now in the city, Jacob Fromme, the attorney in the
suit against Mr.. Pulitzer. says that suit will also DC
instituted against The Morning Journal tor some
what similar publication.